This episode of Folk Files traces the roots of popular sea shanties to Black work songs and African folk traditions.

Full list of referenced works: https://jmp.sh/gcOBH83N

To jump into the Black origins of country music, start here:

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/10/black-country-music-legacy/671818/

https://time.com/5673476/ken-burns-country-music-black-artists/

Host: Olivia Harding

Special thanks to Cherie and Michael Albert

Musical excerpts:

ARTIST: Paul Clayton and the Fo’c’sle Singers

WORK: Haul Away Joe

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x73TAgmZYAM

ARTIST: The Longest Johns

WORK: Spanish Ladies

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3wzlHYzsg8

ARTIST: Ed Lewis and Prisoners from Parchman, Mississippi

WORK: I Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down

SOURCE: https://youtu.be/C-zlSq4mWiE?si=fnGu-f8ZgGbMmv0-

ARTIST: Music the Gathering

WORK: Sundown Below

SOURCE: LVL 1

ARTIST: Assassin’s Creed: Rogue

WORK: Donkey Riding

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgfLP3gMh0Y

ARTIST: David Coffin

WORK: Roll the Old Chariot

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJtgjG0x9Mw

ARTIST: Planxty

WORK: Sally Brown

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Bq4-fCH0c

ARTIST: Sam Lee

WORK: Knock a Man Down

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NoUAQhY-g8

ARTIST: Bernard Wrigley et. al.

WORK: Haul Away for Rosie

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1DugYkOOd0

ARTIST: Coon Creek Girls

WORK: Jim Along Josie

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztG-7-P_G-w

ARTIST: Lead Belly

WORK: Haul Away Joe

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEoHm1GBQtU

ARTIST: The Barroualie Whalers

WORK: Tinnego

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwL5lpVt1Mk

ARTIST: The Menhaden Chanteymen

WORK: [Title Unknown]

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geAJI6he75I